TBM KVtiKXM DArfcT OCARD. FTUDAT, MAT 8, IQOit
Ye Woman1,
In theAJco'Ve
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.
jUttber of -n MUllo.tr. Brtnr
HOWV -
afttlCHt. IMft THE
CHAPTER XVI Continued.)
That's tli's?' ne murmured, feellnit
5 wonder. I should nlraost sny
1. suddenly ho pulled off the
-V-wr and my henrt stood still In
J,an'cy. If he qunllod-nnd how
u be MP dolns 80 lf millty ? whnt
toM would be removed from my
I trea't- what nn Impediment from
L action! Hut lie did not nnnll.
iti'iiply uttered "n exclamation of
o'n'iiia-r and laid 'he weapon
nn t!ie table without even takln:;
,'l-r.etien cnverlw- it up. I
1 I,? nuitlered nn oatli, lint there
no fear in it. not a particle.
k disappointment was so Krent, my
JliatiJU so unbounded, that, forget-
tvwrd back and let the trtru with
contents slip rro?n my kiiu8.
iciTself In my dismay, I staggered
and let the tray with all Its con
sli;i from my hands. The crash
f fallowed stopped Mr. Grey In the
m mini;. Hut It did something
4 It awoke u cry from the lul
ls room which I shall never for
Wliile we both started and turn-
sec from whom this grievous
had sprung, a man came stuni-
townrd us with his hands before
ires and this name wild on his
kiwi! Grlzel!"
Fairbrother's
name, and the
CHAPTER XXII.
r-VShe Wellgood? Sears? Who?
I A lover of the woman eertain
j ly. That was borne In on us
J by the passion of his cry:'
izel! Grlzel!"
I liaw here? And why such fury
Jr. drey's face and such amaze
f in that of the Inspector?
question was not to be answer-
fl-uiil. Mr. Grey, ndvnncini;, laid
firou the man's shoulder. "Come." j
t.t", "we will have our conversa- !
h ai:o:!jer rerun." 1
ii:an. who in dress and appear- i
Si "Led oddly out of place In those
X rooms, shook off the stupor
fcliicb lie had fallen and started to
Hie Englishman.. A waiter
l their track with the coup for
TJaljle. JJr. Grey motioned hiiu '
IJke that back," said he. "I have I
business
nun before I eat I'll ring when j
t yon.'
'hey entered where I was. As
r closed I caught sight of the
ytws fare turned earnestly to-
a- In his eyes I read my duty
Med "P my heart, as It were, to
fbat? in that moment It was
Ihle to tell.
neit enlightened me. With a
t, i-niorance of my presence, due
My to his great excitement. Mr.
turned on his companion the mo
te had closed the door and, selz
,,le "liar, cried:
Tu villain, whv have
a:.vd
"a your wife like this? Are
eriT ne w,.ll .,.!-.
Wither! This man? Then who
" Was helm? minnl l.neL- to
5" 'be mountains beyond Santa !
Jp"1 Anything seemed possible
-1 moment.
moment
.I?11116' dropplnz bis hand from
"P Ulrot aa suddenly as he
4 K, Mr. Grey caught Dp the
'rota the table where be had
I "i crying.
"Do yon recognize
1 B,,lit!
,V7n5 """Me than any cry this
'M hu-.h.nd of the murdered
. w man on whom no suspicion
ki n",n wnom " hoI
f tL J01""'1, nille awy at ,,,e
deed, stared at the weapon
? .er ej.p, OV),r
1
th.fso - 1
If.irl k n'1 'pt'H''-,I guilt
r-Ci ' ' 1 hn(1 -'XI'",
MTr rp'Ion'le to the same
1 r. JJ""y equable countenance.
V:Jj "n'' """nder of It held
l tn II
I wns In a
"pi-faction. 80 'na- t "can-ely i
atr-iii fracn-en-" at my fee'Q
. "aer noticed Uiem. Wrench. I
?tn?v
:
I
J!
Ill
.
- "Th Fitijree B.U.- Th.
niurilim BOX. fctC-
Om - MiR6UI,
'"MMIM.iMMO
Mr. Grey continued to hold out. he
pointed to the broken cup and saucer,
muttering:
"That Is what startled me Into this
lietrayal-thc noise of breaking china.
I cannot hear It since"
He stopped, bit his Hp and looked
around him with an air of sudden
bravado.
"Since you dropped the cins nt vonr
wife's feet hi Mr. Ka'vVT nl.-ove."
linNlicd Mr. t:rey with a.'.::.i:a.' ie sell
possession.
"I see tln-.t op:mri:'. v.s ';.. mi my.
self arc no; in Wi,.- n,,. ... -.,
ret'Tt, hlllll. In-d villi lj't. 1 ii;-.;vM s:T-
ensm. Then n ibe full ..voi!:-it of bis
position crushed in on hlin his I::,,'
assumed an a-'p'i-t startling to my i:n.
accustomed eyes, and tliriisting hi:
buna into bis pocket lie drew forth 11
small box which he placed In Mr.
Grey's hands.
"The Great Mogul." he declared sim
ply. It was the first time I had heard this
diamond so named.
Without a word that gentleman
opened the box. took one look at the
contents, assumed n satisfied air and
carefully deposited the recovered gem
In his own pocket. As his eyes re
turned to the man before him all the
passion of the latter burst forth.
"It was not for that 1 killed her!"
cried he. "It was because she defied
me and Haunted her disobedience in
my very face. I would do it again,
yet"
Here his voice broke and It was In n
different tone and with a total change
of manner he added: "You stand ap
palled at my depravity. You have not
lived my life." Then quickly and with
a touch of sullcnness: "Y'ou suspected
me because of the stiletto. It was a
mistake, using that stiletto. Other
wise the plan was good. I doubt if
you know how I found my way into
the alcove, possibly under your very
eyes: certainly under the eyes of mauy
who knew me."
"I do not. It Is enough that you en
tered It; that you confess your guilt."
Here Mr. Grey stretched his hand to
ward the electric button.
"No, It Is not enough." The tone
was tierce, authoritative. "Do not ring
the bell not yet. 1 have n faucy to
tell you how I managed that Utile af
fair." Glancing about ho caught up from
a nearby tablo a small brass tray.
Emptying It of Its contents, be turned
on us with drawn down features and
an obsequious air so opposed to his
natural manner that It was as lf an
other man stood before us.
"Pardon my black tie," he muttered,
holding out the tray toward Mr. Grey,
Wellgood!
The room turned with me. It was
he, then, the great financier, the multi
millionaire, the husband of the mag
nificent Grlzel. who bad entered Mr.
ltunisdell's bouse as a waiter!
Mr. Grey did not show surprise, but
he made a gesture, when Instantly the
tray was thrown aside, and the man
resinned bis ordinary :i:-eet.
"I s. y.01 mi'lerstav.u 11. e. ho cr:c 1.
"I. who have played host at many n
bail, pns.-ed myself off that night as
one of tile waiters. 1 came and went,
and no one noticed me. It Is such a
natural sight to see a waiter passing
Ices that my going In and out of the
alcove did not attract tho least atten
tion. I never look at waiters when I
attend balls. I never look higher than
thl'lr ,r""s
No one looked at me high-
cr than my tray. I held the stiletto
under the tray, and when I struck her
she threw up her hands, and they hit
the tray, and the cups fell. I have
never been able to bear the sound of
breaking china since. I loved her"
A gasp, and he recovered himself.
"That Is neither here nor there." he
muttered. "You summoned me under
threat to present myself at your door
today. I have done so. I meant to re
store yon your diamond simply. It tins
become worthless to me. Hut fate ex
acted more. Surprise forced my secret
from me. That young lady with her
damnable awkwardness has put my
head In a noose, but do not think to
hold It thre. ! did uot risk this In'.er
rii.tr without precautions. I assure
von. and when I linvc this hotel it will
be as a free man
with nro. of his mnld changes, won
derful snd lnexpllcablo to me at the
moment, he turned toward me, with a
bow, saying courteously enough:
"We will excuse the youug lady."
Next moment the bum-l of a pistol
learned In his hnnd.
The moment critical. Mr. Grey
stood directly In the line of fire, and
the sndaolous man who thus held b:m
at his mercy was scan-ly a fo,t from
the door lending Into the hall. Mark
Ins the desperation of Ids look and the
steadiness of his linger on the trigger.
I expected to see Mr. Gmy recoil and
the man escai-. H'.t Mr. Grey I.-.,
his own. thiitwh be n:ade no move and
did not vet ture to K;.eak Nerve) bj
his courage. I sut.-im-.-l P
own. This man m-.t .. e-cpe not
must Mr. Grey .-:r.-r "J"?.
.inlnst him runt I dlverte-J to
,rif Snrh
mends were due one
whoe food name I
er,.'r iultrJ. 1 1
had so deeply rr
lecre'"'- l"tiltd. I had but to scream.
It
COMPANY. WT j
to call out Tjr the Inspector, but 1 1
rementbrnncv of the necessity we were
now uiH.er of prescrvl:- our secret, of
keeping m.m Mr. iircv the Ui'l that
he had Le.-u under surveillance, vu
even at that m.mnvit surrounded by
police, deter.-e.l me. anil I threw
myself toward tho WW instead, crying i
out that ! would raise the house If he '
moved, and laid n.y finger on the but- :
ton. j
The IMStol swerved lev wnv Tli
face above It smiled. I watched that
lite1
-ST-JVVf-K! S
Mr. liny titootl tlirePtly in the line o
fi rc.
smilo. lU'fnro It hriKulentM to Its full
extent. I pressed tin) buttou.
KnirhrotluT st:iml, tlroppwl his pistol
and burst forth with these two words:
"Iirnve girl !
The tone I van never convey.
Then he mmle for the door.
As he laid his hut id on the knob, he
called baek:
"I have been In worse straits than
Ui!s!"
.Hut he never had. When he opened
the door, he found himself face to fuee
with the iusiHvtor.
CllAl'Tini XX'fl.
TI'li, It v;n all explained. Mr.
Grey, looking like another man.
came into the room where 1 was
endeavoring lo soothe his star
tled daughter and devour In secret my
own joy. Taking the sweet girl In his
arms he said, with a calm ignoring of
my presence, at which I secretly
smiled:
ThU Is the happiest moment of my
existence, Helen. I feel as If I had re
covered you from the brink of th
grave."
"Me? Why, I have never been so 111
as that."
"I know, but I have felt ns If you
were doomed ever slnco I heard or
thought I heard In this city, and un
der no ordinary circumstances, the pe
culiar cry which haunts our house on
the ore of any great mlsfortmio. I
shall not npologlzo for my fears. You
know that 1 have good cause for them,
but today, only today, I have heard
from the lips of the most arrant knave
I have ever known that this cry sprang
from himself with Intent to deceive
nie. He knew my weakness, knew tho
cry. Ho was in Durllngtou Manor
when l.'eclHn OinU nnd, wishing to Btar
tlo me into dropping something which
I held, made uho of his ventrlloqulal
powers (he hud been a mountebank
once, poor wretch!) and with such ef
fect that I have not been a happy
man since In spite of your daily Im
provement ami continued promise of
rei-overy. lhit I am happy now, re
lieved and joyful, and this miserable
In 'in: would you like to hear his story V
Am j on Mr.'tc; einnigh fr anything so
trau'!'-? He is a thief and a murderer,
out he Ik's l'"elin.'s. nnd his life has
!. i-eii a eu his one and strangely intcr
v.men with oiir-t. I Mi yni care lo hear
about i t V lie Is the man who Htole
our diamond."
My patient uttered little cry.
"nh. tell me," she entreated, excited,
hut not unliealthfully, while I was lu
an anguish of curiosity 1 could with
di:Ilctilty conceal.
Mr. Grey turned with courtesy to me
and asked If a few family details
would bore me. I smiled nnd insured
him t the contrary, nt which lie set
tled himself In the chair bo liked best
and U'gan a tale which I well permit
myself to prewnt to you complete and
from other points of view than his own.
Some five years liefore one of the
great diamonds of the world was offer
ed for sale In nn eastern market. Mr.
Grey, who stopped at no expense In
the gratlllcatiou of his taste In this
direction. Immediately Bent bla agent
to Kgypt to examine thp stone. If the
ngent discovered It to 1m? all thnt was
clainif-d for it and within the reach of
a wealthy commoner's purse, he was
to buy It. Upon Inspection It was
found to be all that was claimed, with
one exception. In the center of one of
the facets was a flaw, but as this was
considered to mark the diamond and
rather add to than detract from Its
raluo aa a traditional stone with many
historical association It was flually
purchased by Mr. Gry and placed
among bis treaaurvs In bla manor house
in Kent. Never a suspicious man, h
took delight In eihlbltinr this acquisi
tion to sncb of his friends and ac
quaintances aa were likely to feel any
interest In It, and It was not an un
common thins; for b!m to allow It to
paw from hand to hand while he pot
tered over his oth r treasure and dis
played this ami that to such as had no
eyi for th" diamond.
It was after one su'-h ocaxlon that
be found on taking the stono In his
hand to pis It In the safe he had
had built for It !n one of his cabinet
that it d!d not tr'k h! er with It
usual foree and brllllanT. and on ex
amining It rjosely it discovered tha
absence of the telltale flaw. B Crock
with dismay, be submitted It to a still
P,- -Hd iMpectlon, wbo b found
that what he held was not even a dia
mond, but a worthless bit of glass,
whi.'h had been suhstttuNil 1 y some
L-i::u.i::i k.iave lor his lnv:di:a' :. gem.
lr the moment his hun:! t wn ul
niot equaled his sense of ..v He
bad been so often warned of the dan
ger he ran m letting so prtc.
object pass around uiulcr all
un
bis own. His wife and f ricu.ls had
prophesiel some such loss a this not
once, but many times, and he had al
ways laughed at their fears, saying
that he knew his friends and there
was not a scamp among them. Hut
now he saw It proved that even, the
Intuition of a man well versed lu hu
Uian witter Is not always Infallible,
and, Hshauied of his past lax tie ss and
more ashamed yet of the doubts which
this exjierlence called up in regard to
all his friends, he shut up the false
stone with his usual care and burled
his loss In his own bosom till he could
sift his Impressions and recall with
some degree of probability the circum
stances under which this exchange
could have been made.
It had uot been made that evening.
Of this he was positive. The only per
itons present on this, occai.'ti wen
friends of such standing and reputt.
that suspicion In their regard was sim
ply monstrous. When and to whom,
then, had he shown the diamond last'
Alas, it had been a long month since
he had shown the Jewel. I'eeilia, hU
youngest daughter, had tiled In the In
terim; therefore his mind had not been
on jewels. A month! time for his pre
cious diamond to have been carried
back to the east! Tlmo for It to have
been rocut! Surely It was lost to him
f,.-n- 1,.. ,,1,1 I .ll.,..n
, . '. . . i i i i i '
locate the nersoti who had robbinl h m
Of It.
lint this promised dllllculties. Ho
could nut remember Just what persons
he had eutertalued on that especial
day In his little hall of cabinets, and,
when he did succeed In getting a list i
of them frotti his butler, he was by no
means sure that It Included the full
number of his guests. His own mem- :
ory was execrable, and, In short, he -had
but few facts to offer to the dis
creet agent sent up from Scotland
Yard one morning to bear his com-
plaint and act secretly in hi:i Interests j
He could give him enrte h!an-he to
carry on his inquiries hi the diamond i
market, but little else. And while tlii
se.'tp.ed to satisfy tho agent. It did not
lead to any gratifying result to him
self, nnd he had thoroughly made up
his mind to swallow his loss and say
nothing nUutt it, when one day n young
cousin of his living In great style In nn
adjoining county Informed him that In
some mysterious way be bad lost from
his collection of arms n unique ami
highly prized stiletto of Italian work
manship. Startled by this coincidence, Mr. Grey
ventured upon n question or two which
led to his cousin's con tiding to him the
fact that this article had disappeared
after a large supper given by him to a
number of friends and gentlemeu from
Loudon. This piece of knowledge, Htlli
further coinciding with bis own expe
rience, caused Mr. Grey to nsk for a
list of his guests In the hope of muling
amojig them one who had been In hie
own house.
Hiff cousin, quite unconscious of the
motives underlying this request, hasten
ed to write out this list, and together
I hey pored over the names, crossing
nut such as were absolutely above sus
picion. When they bad reached the
end of the list, but two names remain
ed uncrossed. One was that of a ratt'o
pated youth who had come In the wake
! of a highly reputed cniineetlon of theirs
and the other tint of an American
tourist who gave nil the evidence. i
gre..t wealth and h.nl p:e-.en:ed hders
to leiidinir men in l.oniN.n whieli )ui 1
insund l.im ntteniin:n n t usually n-'-corded
to fnreiuuer . Th; man's na::ie
was r'airhmther, ;unl l ie iin'ineut Mr.
(Grey heard It he ivealh-1 tin fact that
an American with a per'iliar name, but
'. with a reputation for wealth, hud been
, among bin guests on the HU-pectcd
evening.
I Hiding the effect produced upon him
i by this discovery, he placed his linger
on this mime and begged his cousin to
look up Its owner's antecedents and
j present reputation in America; but, not
content with this, he sent bla own
agent over to New York, whither, as he
soon learned, this gentleman had re
turned. The result was an apparent
vindication of tho suspected American.
He wns found to be a well known cit
izen of the great metropolis, moving
In the highest circles nnd with a rep
utatlon for wealth won by an extraor
dinary business Instinct.
To be sure, he had not always en
Joyed these distinctions. Like many
j another self u. ole man, he had rlst-u
j from a uieulul jKisltloii in n western
j mining camp to be the owner of a
mine himself and so up through the
various gradations of a sueesfiil life
to a position among the foremost busi
ness men of New York. In all those
change be bad maintained a name for
honfit If not generous dealing. He
lived fn great stylo, had married and
was known to have but one extrava
gant fancy. This was for the unique
) ami curious In art, a taste which, lf re
1 port spoke tm, coat blrn many thou
j sands each year.
This Isst was the only clause In the
report which pointed In any way to
ward this man blng the pjtU4 ab
j s tractor of the Great Mogul, aa Mr.
; Grey's famous diamond waa called, and
; ftie latter was too Jtiit a man and too
i much of a fancier In tills line hlmaelf
j to let a fact of tli kind weigh atpilnst
i the favorable nature of the rest Bo be
: recalled bla agnt, double 0lokd hi
; -a bluets and cmtlnned to confine h
display of valuables to artiHee which
did not suggi a Jewels. Thus three
'years pa seed, when one day be heard ' cr-ased to blush. He had not stfilen It.
mention made of a wonderful diamond He would not steal 1 neons Id era ble
which bad been seen In New Tort an object Ha bad -A"1 P"t It lo M
I rrom Its deerrlptlon he gathered that pocket when he aawTT forgotten, paa
tt.motbe ooe aurreptinonslr srv 4 orerjlrea to him, a It were. Thai
straetW '.n his cabinet, and when, i
after some careful Inquiries, he learih-.l '
that the name of its jmssessivr was
Kairbrothor. he aw.-ke tn l..s oM
pielois and dettO -i' M pi!e thi
uiattiT to the Imttom -but e.-retly. .
lie Mill tint tnu. h omslderatiou lo ;
anaok n niun In liih posiii.m without J
Know'nsr of no one he oo hid trust
with ho delicate an Inquiry a this had .
now Invonie. he dei'tUsl to undertHke j
It himself, and for thin purpose em- (
braeed the tlrvt opportunity to mmii
, the water. He took his daughter with
him because he tiad resolvetl never to
; let his 0110 remaining child out of his
I a I ttit. Hut she knew uothlng of his
t plaus or reasou for travel. No one did.
' Indeed, only his lawyer and the police
I were aware of the loss of his diamond.
I His fit's t surprise on landing was to
I learn that Mr. 1 alrhrother, of whose
marriage he had heard, hail quarreled
I with his wife and that. In the separa
' tlon which had occurred, the diamond
1 had fallen to her share and was con
! sequent ly In her possession at the pros
! en I moment.
! This changed matters, and Mr.
Grey's only thought now was to tuir
prlse her with the diamond on her per
son and by one glance assure himself
that It was indeed the Great Mogul.
Mnee Mrs. Kalrbroihor as reported
to U a ttcauilful woman and a great
society belle, lie saw no reason why
i he should not meet her publicly, and
1 that very Boon, lie therefore accepted
Invitations and attended theaters and
balls, though his daughter had suf
fered from her voyage and as not
j able to accompany him. Hut alas! He
1 Boon learned that Mrs. Kalrhmther
was never seeu with her diamond and,
.
one evening after nn introduction at
! the opera, that she never talked altout
It. Sit there ho w as, balked nn the
very threshold of his enterprise, and,
I recognizing the fact, was preparing to
I take his now seriously ailing daughter
1 south, when he received nn Invitation
I to a ball of such a select character
: that he decided to remain for it. In the
hope that Mrs. Fatrhrother would be
' tempted to put on all her spleinlor for
so magnificent a function and thus
i gratify him, with a sight of his own
diamond, luirlng the days that Inter
( vened be saw her t-everal times ami
very somj decided that, tn spite of her
I retlcenre In regard to this gem, she
was not sudlflenUy In her husband's
confidence to know the Koeret of lis
real ownership. This encouraged hlin
to attempt piquing her Into wearing
the diamond on this occasion. He
talked of precious stones nnd finally
of his own, declaring that he had a
connoisseur's eye for a line diamond,
but had seen none aa yet in America
to compete with a Hpeclmen or two be
had In bla own cabinets. Tier eyej
flushed at this nnd, though she aahl
nothing, ho felt sure that her presence
at Mr. Itainsdell's bouse would be en
livened by her great jewel.
So much for Mr, G ley's nttltude In
this matter up to tho night of the ball,
It Is Interesting enough, but thnt of
Aimer ralrbrother la moro Interesting
still nnd much more serious.
His was, Indeed, the hand which bad
abstracted the diamond from Mr.
Grey'a collection. Cnder ordinary con
dition bo was nn honest man. He
prized bis good naino nnd would not
willingly rltik it, but bo had little real
conscience, and once his passions were
aroused nothing short of the object
desired would content him. At once
forceful and subtle, he had nt his com
mand fnllnlle resources which his wan
dering find ovenlful life had height
ened almost to the pdnt of genius.
II" saw tills tdotie mid at once felt an
Inordinate desire to possess 11. lie
ha.l eoveJe 1 oilier men's treasures be
lore, bnf n-d as he coveted this. What
li:'i beell I itigllig III other eases was
n::m!a In this. There as a woman In
' Anterleu whom be ived. She was
beautiful, nnd :-ho was splendor loving.
To s"e her with this rinry u her
breast would be worth almost any risk
which Ids Imagination could pl lure at
tint moment. Hefore the diamond had
left his hand lie had made up his mind
to have It for his own. He knew thai
It could not be bought, ho he set nlroul
obtaining It by an net be did not hesl
tnte to acknowledge to himself ns crim
inal. It u t he did not net without precau
tion. Having a keen eyo and a profwr
sense of size nnd color, he carried
away from hla first view of It a true
Image of the atone, and when he wns
next admitted to Mr. Grey'a cabinet
room be had provided tho men us fer
deceiving tjie owner; whoso diameter
he had sounded. '
He might hare failed In bis daring
attempt lf be bad not tieen favored by
a circumstance no one could have fore
seen. A dnnpMer of the house. fVellln
by name, lay optically HI nt the time,
nnd Mr. Grey'a attention wns moro or
less distracted. Kt 111 the probabilities
ore that he would have noticed some
thing amlsn with the stone when he
en me to restore It to Its place If Just as
he took 1t In his band tb'ra had not
risen In the air outside a weird and
walling cry which at once seined upon
the Imagination of tl.u dinwn gvutle
men present, nnd so nearly prostrated
their host that he thrust the box be
held unopened Into the safe and fell
upon his knees, a totally unnerved him,
crying :
"The banaheel The bausheel My
daughter will die!"
Another band than hla locked the
safe and dropped the ky Into the dis
tracted father's pocket.
Thus a superhuman daring conjoined
with a speHal Intervention of fate had
made the enterprise a successful one,
and Knlrbrother, r!ler1ng more than
ever In his star, carried thla tnratuable
Jewel back with him to New York.
The itltftto wll, the Inking of that
was a folly for whlrh be had never
the risk.' contrary to that Involved In
the taking of the diamond, was far In
excess of the g. atiticaiiou obtained he
real I red almoM in.in.iliaiely ; but. hav- I
ing tn.ule the break and ucquiVed the
cu Q, he spared l:::n--elf ail further 1
thought f the con.eiineticey ami pros- !
ently ivni:icd his old life lu New j
York, none the worse, to all appear
ances, fur these escapades rrom virtue
nnd his usual course of fair and open
dealing.
Hut he was soon the worse from
Jealousy of the wife which his new
IHisscsston had possibly won for him.
She had answered all his expectations
as mistress of Ills home and the expo
itent of his wealth, and for a year
nay, for two-ho had been perfectly
happy. Indeed, he hail beeu more
than that. He had been triumphant,
especially on that memorable evening
when, after a cautious delay of months,
he had dared to pin that unapproach
able sparkler to her breast and present
her thus bedecked to the smart Bot
her whom his talents, and especially I
his far reaching business talents, had I
made his own.
Ueealllr.g the olo. days of barter and !
sale acoss the pine
uiuler lu Golo- 1
rn-lo, he felt that his star rode high
Mid for a time was salisiVd with Ills
e lie's magui licence and the prestige
she gave his establishment, lint pride
..o i.i.. .1 I
in um nil, i--n n u im.iii 'i inn u.iuiiH 1
ambition, Gradually ho began to real-
I;'-- lirst, that she was Indifferent to
hlin; next, that she despised him and,
lastly, that she hated him. She bad
dozens nt her feet, any of whom was
more agreeable to her thau her own
husband, and. though ho could not put
his linger on any definite fault, he noon
wearied of a beauty that only glowed
for others nnd made up bis mind to
part with her rather than let his heart
be oaten out by unappeasable longing
for w hat his own good senso told him
would never be his.
Yet, being naturally generous, bo
was satisfied with a separation, and,
finding It Impossible to think of Iter in
other than extravagantly fed, waited
on and clothed, he allowed her a good
share uf his fortune with tho one pro
viso, that Khe should not disgrace him.
But the diamond she stole, or rather
carried off In her naturally high handed
manner with the rest of her Jewela.
He bad never given It to her. She"
knew tho value he set ou it, but nut
how he eanie by It, and would have
worn It qulto freely If he bad not very
soon given her to understand that tlu
pleasure of doing so ceased when slid
left his house. Ah hIio could not bo
seen with It without occasioning pub
lic remark, alio was forced, though
much ngilnst her will, to heed h's
wWioa and enjoy Its brilliancy In pri
nt to. Hut once, when he waa out uf
town, she dared to nppenr with this
fortune on her breast and again whlli?
ou a visit west, and her husband heard
of It,
Mr. Falrhrotber lunl bad the Jewel
net to suit him, not lu Florence, as
Ueara had said, but by a skillful wont
man bo had picked up In great poverty
In n remote corner of New York city.
Always lu (trend of some complication,
ho bad provided himself with a second
facsimile In paste, this tlmo of an as
tonishing brightness, nnd this facsimile
he bad bad set precisely like tho true
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"Tht hiintlier. I Th Imnthm! Mydauyl
ttr mil tlttl"
tone. Thou lie gnve tho workman
I.ikxi nml nent him ,rk In Hwltnir
luiiil. TIiIh imitation In mutt! honhowed
imiIkmI)', I nit liu kopt It ill WI13 In hln
piKliot. Why. hii.hilnlly know. Mtiuli-
tlino, h hml lino ronlliliiht, not of IiIh (
erline, but of his sentlnients toward hla
Wlflt. llllll III,, (li.li.rilkll.lllli.ii I... I.n.l u...
eretly nmile to pris-ivd to cxtreniltlea
If she cotitllilli-l to disobey hlin
This was n man of hli own nun or
older, who hud known hltu lu hla enrly
days nnd had followed nil bla fortune,
lie had lioen tho muster of KnlrhrutlMir
then, but he wna bis servant now, anil
aa devoted to hla Interests aa If they
were his own which, lu a way, Uiey
were. For elg-titei'ti yenrs be had Vsl
at the lattor-a rlKbt band. aatUflod to
look do further, but, for the hurt throe,
hla glancea bail atrnyed a foot or two
beyond hla tnaator and taken In hla
master-a wife.
The feelings which thla man bad for
Mrs. Fatrhrother wore peculiar. Hlie
was a mere adjunct to ber areat lord,
but ahe waa a very iforneous one, and,
while he could not Imagine hlmaelf do
ing anything to thwnrt hlin whoee
bread be ate and to whoso rise be had
himself contributed, yet If be could ro
mnln true to hlin without Injuring her
he would account hlmaelf happy. Tho
duy came when bo had to decide be
tween them, and, against all chances,
giilnt hla own preconceived notion of
what he would do nnder these circum
stances, be chose to consider her.
This day came when hi the nitdst of
growing complncenc,' and an mtttoae
Interest In Some new scheme traklfl
temawled all hla powers, Abner ratr
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G.,H. IRISH
Mr. Clroy of KiikIIhIi . iini'llaiiu'iitiirf
fuini! h.nl nrrlvuil In Now York on nu
lnili'tlnltn vlKlt. Ah nn ciiusii wnu mi
kI;,miiI for Iho visit bi-yond X nnturul
i'.i'nIii. on tin part of thin onilnont
s::ili'-;i:nm to m-o this Kivnt conntr)'.
Mr. l-'alrlirothor's fi'iirs i-imoIilhI a suil
iliMl i-lllnnx, anil he saw l.lnn-clf mlllL-tl
mi.l fiCTVor illmrmi-J If th' illaiiioml
!'V :u nnhnpiilly mil of Ills hatula.
suiulil fall nnilor I lie ryi of Us owner,'
who'O Hvomlng onli't U'iiUt lln losa bail
nol furil ttioir,u:it docolvcd lilm. Wait
liiT only Ioiik onotmll to imiko sure thnt
lliu iIIsIIiikiiIbIioiI rurulKiior wns likely
to iit'cvpl Hoclnl iitliMitlnna nml bo lu all
probability wonM be bniimht In eon
tnct with .Mr. Fnlrbrotlior, ho acut ber
by IiIh iluvotiil servant n poroniptory
tnossiiKO In which he ili-iunnileO back
his (llnnionil unit, upon hor rofiji'mff iwj
howl this, fgllowei !( p ),y another lir
which h expressly stated thnt If sho
took It out of tho nfo ilrpo'lt In whlclv
he hint been tohl alio wns wlao enonRli.
Jo keep It or woro It ao much n oncfti
ilurlnir i'nCI next three months, b1h
would pay for hor presiiinptlon with
her life.
This wns no Idle threat, thounh alio'
eliose tn rc:ird It ns Hiirli. laughing lu
the oll servant's fneo mul declarliiKT
that sho would run tho risk If the uo-.
Him seized her. Hut tho iiollou did not
tioem to seize her at once, and her hus
band was bei;liiulni; to take heart
when he heard of tho Krent ball about
t bo irlveu by the ltmnsilells mid re
alized 1'iat If alio woro koIiik to b(
I Miiptetl t i wear the dlniiioud at nil It
would Ii-" at this brilliant function Riv
en In honor of tho one mini be hail,
i.ict c'iho to fear In tho whole world.
Bi i: ., f.'hj the emotion ho wns un
der, wntihi-il hlin closely. They hn.il
both I smi "ii tho point of aturtluir for
.Vcw :..u.,k-o to visit n mine lu whiclj'
Mr. rnlrhnither wns Interesteil, mid he'
wnllml with Ineoucvlvntilo unxlety to
iw If Ida muster would chututo bis
plans. It wns while ho wns in thla
condition of mind thnt lie wns seen to
hake his flat nt Mrs. I'alrlirother's
piiHslritf fltfiiro, a menaro naturally ln-
teniri'teil as dlreetiNl nitnliuit ber, but
which. If we know the man, wns ruth-
' e,r "I"'"'1'"' '" nfl"l'r K-ln-t
the busbiiiid who could rebuke and'
threaten so benutlful a crenture. Menu
while Mr. l-'iitrbrother'a preiiaratlonsi
went on, nnd thrco wei'ka liefore the
ball they started. Mr. Fnlrbrother hail
bualneas In Cblcngo and liualni-ss lu.
iJenver. It was two weeks and more
before he reached 1a Junta. Honrs
counted the days. At IJt Junta they,
hnd n long eonversntlon, or, rnther, Mr.
.lf Uolle-l Ulkul ii ., .1 Hears llslened.
'lliu sum of what bo anld wns this:
He hnd mnde up bis mind to have hack
hla diamond. He was going to New
York to fret It He was going alone,
ami as be wished no one to know that
be had gime or that his plans bad been
In any way Interrupted, the other was)
to continue on to Kl Moro and, passing
himself off as Falrhrtither, hire a room,
at tho hotel and shut himself up In It
for ten daya on any ilea hla Ingenuity,
might suggest. If at the etui of that
time Fnlrbrother alwiukl rejoin hlm
well and good. They would go on to
gether to Hauta Fe, but If for any,
reason ths former sliould delay his re
turn, then Hears was to exercise bla
own Judgment as to the length of tlmw
he should n-tnln hie borrowed personal
ity; also as to Uio advisability of push
ing on to the mine and entering on
the work there, aa bad been planned
between them.
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(Continued Next Friday.)